$6300 APPT Sydney Main Event Day 2 | 2007 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) - Sydney

$6300 APPT Sydney Main Event

Day 2 Completed

12-16-2007 00:43 UTC+10

Day 2 is Complete

[user38449]

It took just under 13 hours to narrow the field from 116 to the final nine, and at 1:23 a.m. local time, the final table has been set. Lei He and Sol Bergren finished neck and neck for the overall chip lead with 2,623,000 and 2,610,000 respectively. The final nine players along with their chip counts and final table seating assignments are as follows:

Seat 1.) Lei He – 2,623,000
Seat 2.) Grant Levy – 1,052,000
Seat 3.) Larry Wright – 376,000
Seat 4.) Jeremiah Vinsant – 1,649,000
Seat 5.) Vijayan Nagarajan – 641,000
Seat 6.) John Matwey – 498,000
Seat 7.) Jai Kemp – 461,000
Seat 8.) Sol Bergren – 2,601,000
Seat 9.) Barry Kohlhoff – 647,000

Nine players remain; one millionaire will be made. Who will it be? Tune in to PokerNews.com tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. local time to find out.

Until then, good night and good luck!

12-16-2007 00:28 UTC+10

Our Final Table is Set!

[user57954]

Play has now concluded for the evening with our final table set for tomorrow. As the players bag their chips, we'll have an update with the official chip counts for you shortly.

12-16-2007 00:22 UTC+10

Mitchell Price Eliminated in 10th Position

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Mitchell Price pushed the last of his chips into the middle holding {A-Clubs}

and it was folded around to Barry Kohlhoff in the big blind. Kohlhoff squeezes one of his cards and sees the {A-Diamonds}

which is enough for him to make the call. He then flips the other card and astonishingly it's the {A-Spades}

!

The board brings {10-Hearts}

and Mitchell Price exits on the bubble of the final table in 10th place.

Tags: Barry Kohlhoff Mitchell Price

12-16-2007 00:20 UTC+10

Balanced Tables?

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One table has four of the top five chip leaders, and although the tables are balanced in number of players, there is a great inbalance in the number of chips in play on each. One table has roughly 8.5 million chips while the other is at around 2.5 million.

12-16-2007 00:16 UTC+10

Mark Walsh Eliminated in 11th Position

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In a battle of the blinds, Sol Bergren bets enough from the small blind to put Mark Walsh to a decision for his tournament life in the big blind. Walsh thinks for several moments, before deciding to make the call and the cards are turned:

Bergren: {7-Diamonds}

Walsh:

A great call by Walsh turns to disaster when the flop delivers a staggering {6-Diamonds}

to give Bergren a flopped straight! The turn and river blank and Walsh is eliminated in 11th place in devastating fashion.

Tags: Mark Walsh Sol Bergren

12-16-2007 00:07 UTC+10

Barry Kohlhoff Doubles Through Jeremiah Vinsant

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Barry Kohlhoff may have just hit the flop of a lifetime in a pot against Jeremiah Vinsant that extended his tournament life. Kohlhoff moved all in pre-flop holding {J-Hearts}

and Vinsant made the call with {A-Clubs}

. The flop came {10-Spades}

giving Kohlhoff the nut straight which would be plenty to take down the pot and 350,000 in new chips.

Tags: Barry Kohlhoff

12-16-2007 00:03 UTC+10

Gary Diamond Eliminated in12th Position

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A desperately short-stacked Gary Diamond pushes his final 98,000 in chips into the middle and Sol Bergren makes the call.

Diamond: {Q-Diamonds}

Bergren:

The board of {J-Diamonds}

offers no assistance to Diamond and he is knocked out after a great tournament in 12th place and collects AUD$34,530.

Tags: Gary Diamond Sol Bergren

12-15-2007 23:59 UTC+10

25,000 Chips Now Into Play

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Play has recommenced after the break and players now realize they are at the business end of the event as the tournament directors introduce the very pretty 25,000 denomination chips into play.

Level: 23

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 5,000